Yesterday I received an email asking if I’d like to get my fill of “amateur teens.”

This hit a nerve with me.  Our society asks its kids to grow up so fast--way too fast, in my opinion.  This isn’t the middle ages, where girls married at age 13, or the nineteenth century, where boys were sent off to work long hours in a factory.  I think all teens should be considered amateur, and they shouldn’t be asked to take on adult, professional responsibilities until they’ve had a chance to cultivate themselves and finish their pursuit of higher education.

Anyway, that’s just what I think, and I replied as much in a tersely written email back to the gentleman from Romania.